"The technology to bring humans from Mars back to Earth simply does not exist yet."

...Yeah it does. Maybe you meant to say it isn't cost effective? Or maybe you'd like to explain how we can leave Earth and land on another planet, yet can't seem to leave Mars and land on another planet...

As successive Mars One Teams arrive, the settlement will grow in its capacity for scientific research, experiments, and exploration of Mars, with a minimum of four high definition video streams providing viewers on Earth with 24/7/365 engagement.

TuteTibiImperes:Why haven't we tried to build a permenantly habitated base on the moon yet? It seems.like we could learn a lot about the potential struggles of a settlement on Mars, but for a lot less money, and with the potential to being people back is there is major problem at the base.

Because moon dust is basically made up of microscopic shards of rock and glass that haven't been softened up by erosion like on Earth, so they basically act like asbestos when you breathe them in, and the little jagged bits cause the dust to stick to everything, so it is hard as hell to keep it outside the colony. The cost of building and maintaining a lunar colony pales in comparison of the cost of the resulting mesothelioma settlement payout to the inhabitants.

TuteTibiImperes:Why haven't we tried to build a permenantly habitated base on the moon yet? It seems.like we could learn a lot about the potential struggles of a settlement on Mars, but for a lot less money, and with the potential to being people back is there is major problem at the base.

Im going to sign up, go, then murder everyone else as soon as I get there. I'll write a tale of how I am the one true god and savior of mars and leave my picture and some silly laws. yeah, thats the ticket.